Blackstone Inc. $BX Shares Sold by Quantbot Technologies LP

Quantbot Technologies LP trimmed its stake in shares of Blackstone Inc. (NYSE:BX) by 96.2% in the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 7,293 shares of the asset manager’s stock after selling 182,142 shares during the quarter. Quantbot Technologies LP’s holdings in Blackstone were worth $1,246,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also made changes to their positions in the company. REAP Financial Group LLC acquired a new stake in Blackstone in the third quarter valued at approximately $26,000. Traub Capital Management LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Blackstone in the 2nd quarter valued at $27,000. Redmont Wealth Advisors LLC acquired a new position in shares of Blackstone during the third quarter worth $30,000. Parvin Asset Management LLC purchased a new position in Blackstone in the second quarter valued at $35,000. Finally, Rexford Capital Inc. purchased a new stake in Blackstone during the 2nd quarter worth about $35,000. 70.00% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Key Headlines Impacting Blackstone

Here are the key news stories impacting Blackstone this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Potential M&A/deployment opportunity: reports that Blackstone is among suitors showing takeover interest in UK aerospace supplier Senior Plc — successful deal activity would support fee income and capital deployment. Senior draws fresh takeover interest from Blackstone, Tinicum
• Positive Sentiment: Industry veteran perspective: Oaktree’s Howard Marks said private credit doesn’t pose a systemic risk — his view can calm worries about broad industry contagion that might otherwise depress BX multiples. Oaktree’s Howard Marks says there’s no systemic problem with private credit
• Neutral Sentiment: Management response and tone: Blackstone COO/President comments defending credit quality may reassure some investors, but haven’t stemmed outflows yet — watch whether statements restore confidence. Investors poured billions into private credit. Now many want their money back
• Neutral Sentiment: Liquidity/operations: Blackstone vehicles have raised repurchase caps and bolstered payouts to meet redemption requests — operationally positive for immediate outflows but may pressure near‑term earnings/fee timing. Blackstone Redemptions Test Liquidity As Shares Trade Below Fair Value
• Neutral Sentiment: BDC liquidity move: Blackstone’s largest BDC raised its repurchase limit to 7% to handle investor redemptions — a pragmatic step that limits forced gate risk but signals elevated outflow activity. Largest Blackstone BDC hikes share repurchase limit to 7% as investors cash out
• Negative Sentiment: Flagship fund redemptions: BCRED has seen a sharp surge in redemption requests and Blackstone has injected capital and raised caps to honor requests — this raises near‑term liquidity, fee and sentiment risk for BX. Blackstone Redemptions Test Liquidity As Shares Trade Below Fair Value
• Negative Sentiment: Analyst pressure: JPMorgan and Barclays trimmed price targets (JPM to $122, Barclays to $126), increasing near‑term selling pressure and lowering upside expectations. JPMorgan Chase & Co. Lowers Blackstone Price Target to $122.00 Barclays Cuts Blackstone Price Target to $126.00
• Negative Sentiment: Stalled deal talks: Bloomberg/Reuters report Blackstone’s $4bn New World Development discussions have stalled over control issues — a failed or delayed transaction removes potential strategic upside. Blackstone’s $4 billion New World talks stall over control, Bloomberg News reports
• Negative Sentiment: Visible shareholder selling: A filing shows Tactical Opportunity Blackstone sold ~1.6M shares — a noticeable liquidity event that can amplify negative sentiment. Blackstone Major Shareholder Sells 1,596,142 Shares

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several equities research analysts have recently weighed in on BX shares. Citizens Jmp reissued a “market outperform” rating and set a $195.00 target price on shares of Blackstone in a research report on Friday, January 30th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft upped their target price on shares of Blackstone from $164.00 to $185.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, December 17th. BMO Capital Markets cut their price target on shares of Blackstone from $180.00 to $165.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research note on Monday, February 2nd. Jefferies Financial Group dropped their price objective on Blackstone from $185.00 to $161.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a report on Tuesday, February 10th. Finally, Bank of America reduced their target price on Blackstone from $199.00 to $189.00 in a report on Wednesday, December 10th. Eleven equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and eleven have issued a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $165.86.

Insider Activity at Blackstone

In other Blackstone news, major shareholder Holdings Iv Gp Mana Blackstone bought 1,146,789 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, February 23rd. The stock was acquired at an average cost of $26.16 per share, with a total value of $30,000,000.24. Following the purchase, the insider owned 16,716,249 shares in the company, valued at approximately $437,297,073.84. This represents a 7.37% increase in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through the SEC website. Also, major shareholder Tactical Opportunit Blackstone sold 1,596,142 shares of Blackstone stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, February 27th. The shares were sold at an average price of $10.00, for a total value of $15,961,420.00. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders own 1.00% of the company’s stock.

Blackstone Trading Up 1.2%

NYSE:BX opened at $115.48 on Friday. The company has a current ratio of 0.76, a quick ratio of 0.75 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.61. The stock’s 50 day simple moving average is $140.57 and its 200-day simple moving average is $153.07. Blackstone Inc. has a 12-month low of $105.09 and a 12-month high of $190.09. The firm has a market cap of $85.71 billion, a P/E ratio of 29.76, a PEG ratio of 0.98 and a beta of 1.79.

Blackstone (NYSE:BX) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, January 29th. The asset manager reported $1.75 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.54 by $0.21. The firm had revenue of $4.36 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $3.69 billion. Blackstone had a net margin of 20.89% and a return on equity of 22.17%. Blackstone’s quarterly revenue was up 41.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the firm posted $1.69 EPS. Equities analysts anticipate that Blackstone Inc. will post 5.87 EPS for the current year.

Blackstone Increases Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, February 17th. Investors of record on Monday, February 9th were given a $1.49 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Monday, February 9th. This is an increase from Blackstone’s previous quarterly dividend of $1.29. This represents a $5.96 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 5.2%. Blackstone’s payout ratio is 153.61%.

Blackstone Company Profile

Blackstone Inc (NYSE: BX) is a global investment firm focused on alternative asset management. Founded in 1985 by Stephen A. Schwarzman and Peter G. Peterson and headquartered in New York City, the firm organizes and manages investment vehicles that acquire and operate businesses, real estate and credit investments, as well as provide hedge fund solutions and other alternative strategies for institutional and individual investors.

Blackstone’s business is organized around several principal investment platforms.